Combination highchair for infants and infant carrier

Claim 1

A highchair for infants comprising: a support structure having a plurality of legs; an infant seat disposed on the support structure adapted to cradle an infant's body so as to provide support for the infant's back from below and to conform to the contour of the back of an infant who is too young to be able to sit up without support with the infant's back in an erect position, the support structure having a height which enables the infant to be supported in the infant seat at a height substantially above floor level; and means for detachably coupling said infant seat to the support structure; said means for detachably coupling includes a latch member coupled to said support structure having means for detachably fastening to a bottom portion of said infant seat, the latch member includes a hook shaped projection received in a slot disposed at the bottom of said infant seat, said latch member further includes first and second latch members slidably received in a central member of said support structure, each of said latch members having a hooked shape projection received in a respective slot disposed at the bottom of said infant seat, said two latch members being received in a channel for linear slidable movement in said support structure wherein said latch members move linearly into and out of said slots, and retained in position against a force biasing said latch members away from each other, said latch members being disposed in said channel such that, if a first of said latch members is moved in said channel, from its slot the second of said latch members moves in an opposite direction thereby removing the hook shaped projection of each of the latch members from a respective slot in the infant seat, allowing the infant seat to be removed from the support structure.